As a result, the cavalry on the opposite side retreated very strangely, and when they were gathered together, the front ones dismounted one after another, and shot the short and deadly clusters of arrows like water, and Galius looked at the arrows whizzing and falling above his head, and heard the incessant screams and exclamations of the people around him-because under the diamond-shaped formation, all the Ala cavalry were too densely arranged, and besides, in the Roman Republic's tradition of cavalry warfare, which had always been despised, the usual Ala cavalry was barely at the back of the head, not like the Parthian and Persian cavalry of the East, Even the ears are perfectly protected, so the arrows fired from the bow of Li Bida's cavalry, as vicious as a scorpion tail or a poisonous snake letter, are planted one after another.

"No, if we continue in this situation, when we reach the distance between the javelins and the fighting, our army will be dead and wounded." Galius also felt that facing such an elite place, his side was giving people heads, so he gave the order, and the diamond team quickly changed positions in front and rear, held their shields again, and quickly retreated under the rain of arrows.

As a result, the thunderous sound of battle suddenly sounded from the flank of the Gallius cavalry, and from the long grass pile there, more than a dozen light two-wheeled chariots quickly appeared, followed by hundreds of cavalry, stabbing towards their own side. It turned out that these men and horses, with extreme stoicism and skillful discipline, deliberately lay in ambush on the side of the battlefield, and the chariots lowered their carriages and covered them with long grass, while the cavalry lay down without sending any message, waiting for Varro's cavalry to come to the rescue of the rearguard, and then launch a fierce attack.

Now that the opponent's goal has been achieved, the spear tip of the chariot in front of it directly tore through the formation of its own cavalry, and the horses automatically carried their masters and fled. Immediately, Li Bida's cavalry took advantage of the situation and cut in. Kill with swords and spears - finally. Gallius ran back with the wolf bèi in the front team, and the rear team was almost completely annihilated, and the three brigades of infantry of the local Spanish "Minotaur" legion, who came to the rescue, saw such a tragic situation and did not look back, and ran faster than Gallius's cavalry.

And Li Bida's cavalry, under the sound of the military horn, slowly gathered their formation. After calmly igniting a fire on the captured baggage, he also evacuated.

In the evening, the frightened Galius built a camp and a trench to guard against further pursuit by the opposing cavalry, and His Excellency the Doge angrily reprimanded him for his "incompetence". Tactical drills are outstanding, based on the information I have. It was the cavalry under Caesar's chief lieutenant Li Bida, mostly from the East, Nubia and Gaul! ”

Varro grunted a few times, and then threw out an ambiguous plan, "Camp is to be camped, but we can't go without the city of Korduba." Gaiyo. Galius, you now take the Spanish Native Legion, and go first to Corduba; I led the small foal army, with five hundred cavalry, and formed a defensive line here, and set up a camp against the cavalry of Li Pida. When you're on your foothold in Korduba and you're fed, we'll meet again. ”

Rendezvous again? Don't you worry, Governor, that behind the enemy's cavalry, there is a large number of main forces! But Galius can't care about accompanying this old guy to madness now, and since he can get out of this pit sooner, he wishes he could do it sooner.

At the third sentry of the night, Galius marched with the legion of the "Minotaurs", now less than 4,000 men on the run, towards the city of Corduba, and before setting out, Galius made a special promise to give all the soldiers an additional allowance after entering the city, so that the remaining officers and soldiers would be willing to make the trip.

A great march of arms began, and Galius and all his men endured the scorching heat and dryness of the moor, and wriggled the footsteps of men and horses along the stream, until at a distance of less than forty Rome from Corduba, the general saw the hundred horsemen who had escorted the messenger before, and with all their armor and weapons lost, and with a look of shame, reported to his superior:

"The city of Corduba has defected to Caesar's side! The elders of the city, after hearing that Caesar of Ilelda in the north had regained his strength, and that Libida had landed in the south to capture Lusitania, they immediately changed their position, closed the gates of the city, recruited strong men to guard the towers, and drove us all out. ”

Galius could not help but sigh and sigh in sorrow, so he asked the leader of the cavalry, "Why did you refuse Corduba's persuasion to surrender and run back?" ”

"I just thought, someone has to report this to you, it's the city of Korduba ahead, there's no need to go any further." The leader licked his cracked lips and said.

At this moment, Galius only pointed to the group, and the leader found that after hearing the news, all the officers and soldiers of the Minotaur Legion shouted, and they clutched the weapons in their hands, and the flag bearer pulled up the flag of his legion on the ground, and then with the acquiescence and even encouragement of the leaders of the various clans, they left in other directions.

"Do you see that the soldiers have all defected?" Galius said dejectedly.

At nightfall, Galius returned to Varro's camp with what little remnant he had left.

The panicked Varro had no backbone at all, because Li Bida's Sixth Army Corps was marching day and night, and had already choked the way he would return, and had also built a camp.

"Can we go back to Cadiz?" Varro asked his staff, and they all shook their heads, and one of them had the audacity to say that Cadiz must have indeed fallen, that all the supplies had fallen into the hands of the enemy, that the southern and central parts of Lusitania had rebelled, and that the northern part was in turmoil.

"What is the situation in the other camp, Galius, do you think we should send scouts and then go to war with them?" Varro asked in a hesitant manner that he was reluctant to make this decision, because he also knew that he was militarily weak.

Sure enough, Galius ruthlessly vetoed, "Maybe the soldiers will collapse automatically after they are in formation, we have no provisions, we lack training, and our fighting spirit and morale are terrible." Your Excellency the Governor - We are besieged and have no way out. ”

After saying this, the scene suddenly became cold to freezing point, Varro was still turning over the file in his hand, forcing peace, but in fact, his heart was extremely chaotic, and finally he didn't hesitate for too long, and announced the decision to the staff: "We have tried, but the gods are not on our side, the accounts and soldiers' tables are honestly counted, or surrender!" ”

All the staff members immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and soon smiled happily and went all out to operate these matters. (To be continued......)